Regulation of voltage-gated K+ channel expression in the developing mammalian myocardium

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-59

  Nerbonne, Jeanne M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

(Kr); ERG; I; I(Ks); I(Kur); I(to); Kv subunits; Kv subunits; Kv1; Kv2; Kv3; Kv4; KvLQT1; LQT; Mink

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MYOCARDIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 0031711111     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199810)37:1<37::AID-NEU4>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Review

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